How to run SuperClassic on Linux
Firebird 2.5 brings a new architecture called SuperClassic. The official FB 2.5 Linux packages brings SuperClassic and Classic in the same package, and when you install it, Classic will be activated by default.
To be able to change to SuperClassic, you need to run the script changeMultiConnectMode.sh that is installed with FB 2.5.
You will be prompted with: “Which option would you like to choose: multi-(process|thread) [process]”
Answering thread will activate SuperClassic, while process will activate Classic mode.
PS: This is not documented in the Release Notes.
Recorded Firebird 2.5 Launch webinar
Recorded Firebird Launch webinar is available at http://www.mindthebird.com/download/firebird25launchwebinar041010.zip .
Debian packages for firebird 2.5.0
Debian packages for the official Firebird 2.5.0 release are available. Because Debian is in a “freeze”, preparing for its stable release, these were uploaded to the experimental distribution.
Firebird 2.5 Final already in #Debian Experimental
You can follow this guide to use the mix of Debian sid and experimental distro with latest Firebird package
FB 2.5 Press Release in PT-BR
I just made available for the public, the (Portuguese-Brasil) translated version of the Firebird 2.5 Press Release!
Thanks to all FB developers for the great work!
FB 2.5 release webinar starts in a few minutes
Firebird 2.5 is out!
Don’t forget to join the webinar using the link (13h GMT):
www.livemeeting.com/cc/fbcon2010/join?id=46D79S&role=attend
Philippe Makowski (president of the Firebird Foundation) and Dmitry Yemanov (chief of the development team) will be present.
Firebird 2.5 (final) released
Today the Firebird 2.5 is being released. You can read the press release and most importantly release notes. And sure, you can download it and use/test/deploy.
Congratulation to us, the Firebird Project, especially the core team. And also to you, users, I hope you’ll enjoy and like the new Firebird 2.5 version as we (I) do.
Note: The MindTheBird campaign team will run a webinar today at 13:00 GMT in anticipation of the launch of Firebird 2.5 Final Release. See the details.
I quoted from Jiri blog
ANN: Firebird Trace Manager 1.0.1 incl. Firebird 2.5 launch 25% discount
Upscene Productions is proud to announce Firebird Trace Manager 1.0.1.
This release adds support for Firebird 2.5 Final and minor
enhancements/bugfixes: http://www.upscene.com/displaynews.php?item=20101004
Firebird Trace Manager is currently the only tool available on the
market, which exposes the new Trace and Audit Services in Firebird 2.5
in a very user-friendly way. The following editions are available:
– Lite Edition (FREELY available)
– Standard Edition
– Enterprise Edition
More information is available in the Firebird Trace Manager section on
our website, including an edition comparison sheet, video introduction
etc.: http://www.upscene.com/go/?go=fbtm
We are celebrating the Firebird 2.5 launch event with a 25% DISCOUNT on
Firebird Trace Manager until October 10th, 2010. Simply use the
following coupon code in the purchase process: FBTMLAUNCH
Converting a #MySQL database to Firebird Part1 (from Lamp to Flaps)
Milan Babuskov wrote on his blog about his first steps in moving one host from Mysql to Firebird
I have a heavy-used website powered by LAMP stack (CentOS Linux,
Apache 2, MySQL and PHP). It started on a shared hosting so I had to
use MySQL. Year and a half later, I switched shared, virtual hosting
and not run it on a dedicated server. I decided to try Firebird to see
how it performs and also how it compares to MySQL in RAM usage, disk
usage, etc.


